,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #edfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aj1 
#bjbd,mr4 ,welch 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,durbin1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 
,mr4 ,sanders1 and ,mr4 ,merkley7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to codify  
,executive ,order #adaae imposing       
certain sanctions on persons undermining
 peace1 security1 and stability in the  
,west ,bank4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,sanctions and 
,accountability for ,non-,compliance and
 ,transparent ,investigative ,oversight 
for ,national ,security in the ,west    
,bank ,act or the ,,sanctions in the    
,west ,bank ,act4  #b4 ,codification of 
sanctions on persons undermining peace1 
security1 and stability in the ,west    
,bank  7a7 ,codification ,united ,states
 sanctions provided for in ,executive   
,order #adaae 7#hi ,fed4 ,reg4 #gfje2   

relating to imposing certain sanctions  
on persons undermining peace1 security1 
and stability in the ,west ,bank71 as in
 effect on the day before the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 including   
with respect to all persons sanctioned  
under that ,executive order1 shall      
remain in effect except as provided in  
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,termination of    
certain sanctions  7#a7 ,in general ,the
 ,president may terminate the           
application of sanctions described in   
subsection 7a7 that are imposed with    
respect to a person in connection with  
activity conducted by the person if the 
,president submits to the appropriate   
congressional committee a notice that-- 
7,a7 the person is not engaging in the  
activity that was the basis for the     
sanctions or has taken significant      
verifiable steps toward stopping the    
activity2 and  7,b7 the ,president has  
received reliable assurances that the   
person will not knowingly engage in     
activity subject to sanctions described 

in subsection 7a7 in the future4  7#b7  
,timing for notice ,the ,president shall
 submit the notice required by paragraph
 7#a7 with respect to the termination of
 the application of sanctions with      
respect to a person-- 7,a7 except as    
provided by subparagraph 7,b71 not less 
than #ae days before terminating the    
application of such sanctions2 and  7,b7
 in the event of exigent circumstances1 
as soon as practicable1 but in no event 
later than #c business days after       
terminating the application of such     
sanctions4  7c7 ,appropriate            
congressional committees defined ,in    
this section1 the term appropriate      
congressional committees means-- 7#a7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations   
and the ,committee on ,banking1         
,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs of the    
,senate2 and  7#b7 the ,committee on    
,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee on 
,financial ,services of the ,house of   
,representatives4